Where Are You Staying?
– Br. Michael, ofm Based on the Gospel of John 1.35-42 Where are you staying? I have always found this an interesting question poised to Jesus. I find it […]
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Epiphany 2024: Light Revealed in the Journey
– Br. Michael, ofm Epiphany 2024: Light Revealed in the Journey – Isaiah 60.1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3.2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2.1-12 January 7, 2024 Glenavon, SK 2024 Moveable Feast […]
Three Gifts for the New Year 2024
– Br. Michael, ofm Based on the scripture: Numbers 6.22-27; Psalm 67; Galatians 4.4-7; Luke 2.16-21 Today, January 1, as we mark the start of the new calendar […]
Christmas Blessings
– Br. Michael, ofm This year we commemorate the 800th anniversary of Christmas at Greccio where the tradition of the Christmas Crèche (Nativity Scene) finds its history. St. Francis of […]
Advent 2023 – Week 3 – Celebrating 800 Years of the Nativity Scene
– Br. Michael, ofm Eight hundred years ago St. Francis was worried the people of Greccio were forgetting the Bambino of Bethlehem and how present Christ was to them […]
Advent 2023 – Week 2- Celebrating 800 Years of the Nativity Scene
Br. Michael, ofm In the Christmas at Greccio 1223 text from the life of St. Francis by Friar Thomas Celano, the account includes the following tidbits of information. “Blessed […]
Advent 2023 – 800 Years – Celebrating the Nativity Scene
Advent 2023 – 800 Years – Celebrating the Nativity Scene Each year during the season of Advent we set up Nativity Scenes (crèches) in our homes and churches. This scene […]
Blessing of the Christmas Crèche
– Br. Michael, ofm Blessing of the Christmas Crèche 800 years ago in December of 1223, St. Francis of Assisi had an idea he wanted to share with the […]
Light Bearers in Times of Darkness
– Br. Michael, ofm “You are the light of the world. Now a light does not illumine itself, but instead it diffuses its rays and shines all around upon […]
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